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Religius 

and  Moral  Education 

“The  Greeley  Plan” 


MARCH,  1915 


Bulletin  of  the  State  Teachers  College  of  Colorado 
Series  XIV  March,  1915  Number  7 

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A Bulletin  Concerning 


Religius  and  Moral  Education 

“The  Greeley  Plan” 


BY 

ETHAN  ALLEN  CROSS,  Ph.M., 
Professor  of  Literature  and  English,  and 
Director  of  Bible  Study. 


GREELEY,  COLORADO 


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Introductory  Statement 

The  State  Teachers  College  of  Colorado  conducts  courses  in 
non-residence  under  two  somewhat  distinct  plans — the  Individual 
Correspondence  Plan,  and  the  Group  Plan.  The  courses  in  Bible 
Study  ar  arranged  for  the  Group  Plan,  and  credit  is  granted  for 
work  done  in  this  course  in  the  same  way  that  credit  is  granted 
for  work  done  in  any  other  study.  Interest  has  been  shown  all 
over  the  country  in  this  work  to  such  an  extent  that  it  has  be- 
come necessary  to  set  forth  in  print  and  in  detail  the  plan  of 
conducting  these  courses.  This  material  might  just  as  wel  hav 
been  included  in  the  College  Non-Resident  Bulletin,  but  since  it 
has  some  special  features  which  need  a fuller  explanation  than 
space  in  that  Bulletin  would  hav  permitted,  and  since  this  in- 
formation is  calld  for  by  many  who  ar  not  interested  in  other 
group-study  courses,  this  work  has  been  put  into  this  form — a 
Bulletin  independent  of  the  regular  Non-Resident  Bulletin,  but 
in  a sense  a supplement  to  it. 

The  Plan  and  the  Law. — The  State  Teachers  College  of  Colo- 
rado has  for  a long  time  been  thoroly  alive  to  the  need  for  some- 
thing more  systematic  and  effectiv  in  Religius  and  Moral  Educa- 
tion than  has  yet  been  offerd  in  the  public  scools  or  in  the  Sun- 
day scools.  It  is  wel  aware  of  the  fact  that  as  a state  educa- 
tional institution  it  cannot  with  propriety  offer  courses  in  re- 
ligion; for  it  is  next  to  impossible  for  even  the  broadest  minded 
religionist  to  giv  such  courses  of  instruction  free  from  the  touch 
of  personal  or  denominational  coloring. 

Nor  does  the  college  wish  to  ignore  or  evade  the  legal  re- 
striction regarding  the  expenditure  of  state  money  for  any  form 
of  religius  instruction.  It  was  this  desire  to  comply  with  both 
the  letter  and  the  spirit  of  the  law  and  at  the  same  time  to  pro- 
vide adequate  religius  and  moral  training  for  its  students,  them- 
selvs  preparing  to  be  teachers  of  children,  that  moved  the  college 
four  years  ago  to  try  as  an  experiment  what  has  now  become 
known  all  over  the  country  as  “The  Greeley  Plan  for  Religius 
and  Moral  Instruction  in  State  Institutions.” 

The  Fundamental  Idea. — The  State  Teachers  College  fre- 
quently is  requested  to  accept  work  done  in  other  institutions 
of  lerning,  in  other  scools,  and  in  private  study,  and  to  allow  the 


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credit  granted  for  such  work  to  be  applied  toward  making  up 
the  total  requirement  for  graduation.  It  has  never  been  par- 
ticular about  the  name  or  kind  of  institution  from  which  such 
work  is  brought,  but  it  has  been  careful  to  inquire  into  the 
quality  and  quantity  of  the  work  presented.  It  sees  no  reason 
why  credit  should  not  be  granted  to  a student  who,  in  another 
college,  has  had  a course  in  Biblical  literature  or  history.  Nor 
does  it  see  why  such  credit  should  depend  upon  the  kind  of  scool 
from  which  it  comes.  To  put  the  same  idea  positivly,  if  the  col- 
lege receivs  an  application  for  credit  for  work  done  elsewhere, 
in  college,  scool,  Sunday  scool,  or  in  private  study,  it  carefully 
inquires  about  the  QUALITY  of  the  work,  bases  its  judgment  on 
the  criterion  of  scolarship  alone,  and  grants  or  refuses  credit  as 
the  case  deservs. 

The  History  of  the  Plan 

Four  years  ago  the  Young  Women’s  Christian  Association, 
a strong  organization  in  the  scool,  was  conducting  Bible  classes 
of  small  groups  of  students.  These  classes  appeald  only  to  those 
affiliated  with  the  evangelical  churches.  They  were  viewd  with 
disapproval  by  other  denominations,  and,  in  fact,  receivd  but 
half-harted  support  from  the  local  churches  with  which  these 
students  were  associated.  The  ministers  complained  that  stu- 
dents who  should  attend  their  churches  and  Sunday  scqpls  felt 
that  their  religius  obligations  had  been  met  if  they  had  attended 
the  weekly  devotional  meeting  of  the  Young  Women’s  Christian 
Association  and  the  study  group  to  which  they  betongd.  The 
students  had  but  little  to  do  with  the  local  churches.  What  they 
got  in  their  study-groups  was  not  an  intellectual  foundation  for 
faith,  but  merely  personal  application  of  religius  precept — good 
enuf  so  far  as  it  goes  but  insufficient  for  one  who  is  seeking  to 
become  an  educated  person  in  an  intellectual  age. 

The  dissatisfaction  of  the  local  ministers  with  the  plan  be- 
came acute.  Certain  of  the  denominations  objected  to  the  exclu- 
sion of  their  adherents  from  activ  membership  in  the  Young 
Women’s  Christian  Association.  And  then  necessity  found  the 
way  out.  One  of  the  most  scolarly  of  the  local  ministers,  Mr. 
DeWitt  D.  Forward,  a man  of  knoledge,  of  insight,  and  of  great 
enthusiasm — conferd  with  the  President  of  the  Advisory  Board  of 


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the  Young  Women’s  Christian  Association,  and  after  going  into 
the  matter  thoroly,  they  made  a report  to  the  President  of  the 
College,  asking  that  arrangements  be  made  for  conducting  Bible 
study  groups  in  the  churches  of  the  city  and  granting  credit  for 
the  work  in  the  same  manner  that  credit  was  being  granted  for 
other  non-resident  work. 

The  President  accepted  the  recommendation  and  askt  the 
director  of  non-resident  work  to  confer  with  a committee  com- 
posed of  the  President  of  the  Advisory  Board,  and  the  Student 
President  of  the  Young  Women’s  Christian  Association,  and 
representativs  of  the  local  ministers’  organization  to  work  out 
the  plan  in  detail. 

Originally  the  ministers  of  the  Baptist,  Methodist,  Congre- 
gational, and  Roman  Catholic  churches  were  members  of  the 
committee. 

The  report  that  they  made  to  the  President  coverd  five 
details  of  organization:  The  Course  of  Study,  the  Text-books 
to  be  Used,  the  Appointment  of  Teachers,  the  Organization  of 
Classes,  and  the  Method  of  Granting  Credit  for  the  Work.  In 
the  test  of  actual  practis  a few  changes  were  found  to  be  de- 
sirable; but  in  the  main  the  plan  in  use  at  present  is  identical 
with  that  originally  proposed. 

The  credit  for  the  erly  success  of  this  work  is  largely  due  to 
the  enthusiasm,  clear  vision,  and  patience  of  the  Reverend  De- 
Witt  D.  Forward,  Mrs.  May  Miller  Cross,  and  Mrs.  Ethel  Dullam 
Knowles,  who  launched  the  movement  and  saw  it  thru  its  erly 
struggles.  The  two  ladies  were  during  the  first  two  years  of 
trial  successivly  President  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  the  Young 
Women’s  Christian  Association.  Credit  must  be  given  also  to 
Mrs.  Anna  Hileman  Hugh,  Bible  Study  Chairman  of  the  Christian 
Association’s  Advisory  Board,  for  the  practical  direction  of  the 
work  in  the  Association;  the  Reverend  Father  Andrew  B.  Casey, 
for  his  intelligent  and  persistent  support  of  the  movement,  and 
the  winning  of  the  approval  of  the  authorities  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church  in  the  Colorado  diocese. 

The  College  Director  of  Bible  Study  for  the  first  year  was 
E.  A.  Cross,  Professor  of  Literature  and  English.  Then  the  work 
was  directed  until  the  present  year  by  the  Professor  of  Education, 
Dr.  Irving  E.  Miller,  now  connected  with  the  University  of 
Rochester. 


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The  Plan  in  Detail 

The  Course  of  Study. — In  the  Teachers  College  students  ar 
accepted  for  entrance  whose  preparation  has  coverd  the  usual 
four-year  course  in  a reputable  high  scool  or  the  equivalent  of 
that.  The  college  course  designd  to  prepare  teachers  for  ele- 
mentary scool  positions  is  two  years  in  length.  Since  most  of 
our  students  go  out  to  teach  at  the  end  of  this  course  of  two 
years,  the  plan  provided  for  the  foundations  of  a knowledge  of 
Biblical  history  and  literature  to  be  establisht  in  the  work  of  two 
years.  The  committee  was  painfully  aware  of  the  lack  of  in- 
formation about  the  contents  of  the  Bible  which  is  caracteristic 
of  most  yung  people  of  our  time  They  said,  then,  that  the  two- 
years’  course  should  aim  to  giv  the  student,  not  a detaild,  but 
a comprehensiv  study  of  the  story  of  the  Hebrew  people,  legen- 
dary and  historical;  of  the  growth  of  their  religius  ideas;  and  of 
the  life  and  teachings  of  Jesus.  It  recommended  that  a compre- 
hensiv, consecutiv  study  of  the  books  of  the  Old  Testament 
should  be  the  work  of  the  first  year,  and  that  the  life  and  teach- 
ings of  Jesus  should  be  taken  up  in  the  second. 

This  recommendation  was  adopted  and  has  been  adhered  to 
from  the  beginning.  Some  supplementary  lessons  having  to  do 
with  teaching  methods  in  the  Sunday  scools  ar  given  in  some 
of  the  classes  at  the  option  of  the  teacher. 

The  work  for  the  third  and  fourth  years,  designd  for  students 
who  remain  in  the  college  for  the  A.B.  degree,  and  for  prepara- 
tion for  positions  as  supervisors,  principals,  and  teachers  of  high 
scool  subjects,  covers  in  a more  detaild  way  some  particular 
period  of  Biblical  history,  with  emfasis  upon  the  social  and 
ethical  significance  of  the  book  studied.  This  work  is  given  in 
only  one  or  two  of  the  churches,  and  then  only  when  there  is  a 
number  of  third  or  fourth  year  students,  who  hav  had  the  work 
of  the  first  two  years,  large  enuf  to  warrant  the  organization  of 
such  classes.  These  courses  ar  outlined  more  fully  in  a later 
section  of  this  Bulletin. 

Text-Books. — No  one  text-book  is  required.  The  committee 
originally  recommended  a book  for  each  year  as  a guide  to  the 
student  in  his  study  of  the  actual  text-book,  the  Bible.  This 
recommendation  is  stil  made.  It  is  understood  by  all,  however, 


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that  this  is  only  a recommendation.  If  the  teacher  in  any  one 
of  the  churches  prefers  a hook  other  than  the  one  named  by  the 
committee,  the  book  is  submitted  to  the  College  Director  of  Bible 
Study  for  his  approval,  and  being  found  acceptable,  is  used  in 
that  clas  as  a substitute  for  the  recommended  book. 

For  the  first  year,  the  Old  Testament  studies,  the  committee 
recommends,  Georgia  L.  Chamberlain’s  “An  Introduction  to  the 
Bible  for  Teachers  of  Children,”  or  Chamberlain’s’  “The  Hebrew 
Prophets.”  These  books  ar  to  be  supplemented  by  such  others 
as  Professor  Kent’s  “Historical  Bible,”  Cornill’s  “History  of  the 
People  of  Israel,”  Cornill’s  “Prophets  of  Israel,”  and  for  special 
topics  by  “The  Encyclopaedia  Britannica,”  “The  Catholic  Ency- 
clopaedia,” “The  Jewish  Encyclopaedia,”  and  Hasting’s  “Diction- 
ary of  the  Bible.” 

For  the  second  year,  the  New  Testament  studies,  Burgess’ 
“Life  of  Christ,”  has  been  used  for  some  years,  and  Kent’s  “The 
Life  and  Teachings  of  Jesus’”  at  other  times.  Classes  in  the 
Roman  Catholic  church  hav  used  Abbe  Fouard’s  “The  Life  of 
Christ,”  and  Pope’s  “The  Prophets  of  Israel.”  Some  variations 
in  text-books  from  time  to  time  hav  been  authorized  for  the 
classes  in  the  Episcopal  church  and  others. 

Teachers. — The  succes  of  this  work  depends  almost  entirely 
upon  the  quality  of  the  teaching.  The  college  is  very  careful  in 
the  selection  of  persons  not  members  of  its  regular  faculty  to 
conduct  its  work  in  non-resident  groups.  It  is  especially  careful 
in  selecting  teachers  for  its  groups  in  Bible  study.  The  teachers 
ar  nominated  by  the  superintendents  of  the  Sunday  scools.  They 
must  then  be  approved  by  the  College  Director  of  Bible  Study 
before  the  work  of  the  clas  wil  be  accepted  for  credit.  The 
college  insists  upon  the  teachers  having  a good  general  educa- 
tion, usually  indicated  by  a college  degree.  Besides  this  the 
teacher  must  hav  special  preparation  for  teaching  the  Bible,  and 
personal  fitnes  for  this  kind  of  work.  In  the  nine  Greeley 
churches  now  supporting  these  classes  all  the  teachers  hav  had 
their  training  in  a college  or  a theological  seminary,  all  but  one  ar 
graduates,  and  four  out  of  the  nine  ar  Masters  of  Arts  or  Philoso- 
phy. Every  one  of  the  nine  meets  the  requirements  of  personal 
fitnes  and  special  preparation  for  teaching  the  Bible. 


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Classes. — When  the  students  ar  enrolld  in  the  college,  the 
Director  of  Bible  Study  asks  for  their  church  membership  or 
church  preference.  A list  of  students  preferring  a certain  church 
is  sent  to  the  pastor  of  the  church.  These  ar  then  invited  by 
the  pastor  to  join  the  Bible  study  clas  in  that  church  and  to 
take  the  work  either  for  credit  or  without,  as  the  student  desires. 
Persons  not  enrolld  in  the  college  may  take  the  work  in  these 
classes  without  credit;  or  if  they  desire  the  college  credit,  they 
may  enroll  as  non-resident  students. 

Credit. — The  regular  work  for  a student  in  the  college  is  60 
term  hours  per  year — 20  hours  a term  of  twelve  weeks.  Bible 
study  for  the  full  year  of  36  weeks  is  given  four  term  hours  of 
credit.  This  is  equivalent  to  one-fifteenth  of  the  whole  year’s 
work,  and  may  be  taken  in  addition  to  the  twenty  term  hours 
required  of  the  resident  student.  To  ern  this  credit  of  four  term 
hours  the  student  must  attend  a minimum  of  twenty-eight  lessons 
of  forty-five  minutes  each  extending  thruout  the  year. 

The  college  reservs  the  right  to  set  a final  examination  upon 
the  year’s  work,  but  usually  the  student  is  askt  to  present  his 
clas  note-book  and  a short  thesis  covering  some  piece  of  inde- 
pendent study  at  the  end  of  each  twelv-week  term.  These  ar 
first  read  and  approved  by  the  teacher  of  the  clas  and  then 
submitted  to  the  college  director  for  his  approval.  Work  of  an 
inferior  quality  is  not  accepted.  The  amount  and  the  quality  of 
this  work  compares  very  favorably  with  that  of  any  department 
in  the  college. 


The  Succes  of  the  Plan 

From  the  beginning  the  plan  has  been  a succes.  In  the  first 
year  about  a hundred  and  fifty  students  enrolld  in  the  classes, 
and  about  one-third  of  these  took  the  work  for  credit.  There 
has  been  no  great  wave  of  enthusiasm  folloed  by  a deadly  falling 
off;  but  insted,  a helthy  increase  in  numbers  and  efficiency  from 
year  to  year.  This  year  there  ar  vigorous  classes  in  nine 
churches  in  Greeley — the  Methodist  Episcopal,  Baptist,  Congre- 
gational, Presbyterian,  Roman  Catholic,  United  Presbyterian, 
Unitarian,  Episcopal,  and  Desciples  of  Christ.  The  total  num- 
ber enrolld  is  271,  more  than  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  students  en- 


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rolld  in  the  college.  One  hundred  and  forty-five  of  these  ar 
taking  the  work  for  college  credit. 

The  plan  meets  with  the  approval  of  all  the  protestant 
churches  of  the  city,  and  of  the  Roman  Catholic  and  Unitarian 
bodies.  The  plan  has  been  presented  to  eminent  teachers  of  the 
Jewish  faith  and  has  been  commended  by  them.  On  the  legal 
side  it  has  been  declared  within  the  law,  for  no  public  money  is 
spent  to  support  the  work,  and  none  of  the  teaching  is  done 
within  the  college  walls.  In  accepting  the  work  for  credit  the 
college  treats  courses  in  Bible  study  just  as  it  does  courses  in 
mathematics  or  domestic  sience — accepting  or  rejecting  the  stu- 
dent’s work  as  it  is  found  academically  satisfactory  or  unsatis- 
factory. 

Thus  far  the  college  has  not  thought  fit  to  extend  this  non- 
resident course  to  other  cities  than  Greeley.  So  long  as  the  plan 
is  an  experiment  the  authorities  wish  to  keep  the  work  under 
the  personal  supervision  of  the  director,  who  serves  without 
remuneration,  and  does  this  work  in  addition  to  that  which  is 
regularly  his  as  the  head  of  the  literary  department  of  the  col- 
lege. This  must  be  so  to  comply  with  the  law.  Any  extension 
of  the  course  to  take  in  other  cities  would  make  the  supervision 
les  effectiv,  or  necessitate  the  employment  of  a supervisor — an 
impossibility  under  the  law. 


The  Present  Organization 

1914-1915 


For  the  year  1914  and  1915  the  joint  committee  on  course  of 
study  is  composed  of  the  f olloing  persons : 

Representativs  of  the  churches: 

Reverend  Franklin  J.  Estabrook,  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church,  Chairman. 

Reverend  Father  Andrew  B.  Casey,  of  Saint  Peter’s 
Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Reverend  William  D.  Whan,  of  the  First  Baptist  Church. 


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Representativs  of  the  Young  Women’s  Christian  Association: 
Mrs.  Edwin  W.  Knowles. 

Mrs.  David  Douglas  Hugh. 

Representativs  of  the  College: 

Professor  James  Harvey  Hays,  Dean  of  the  College  and 
Director  of  Non-Resident  Work. 

Professor  Ethan  Allen  Cross,  Director  of  Bible  Study. 

Classes  in  Greeley  Churches. — Classes  ar  at  present  organ- 
ized in  the  folloing  churches: 


Baptist Mrs.  J.  W.  Church,  A.M.,  Teacher 

Congregational Mr.  E.  A.  Cross,  Ph.M.,  Teacher 

Desciples  of  Christ Miss  Linnie  D.  Coil,  A.B.,  Teacher 

Protestant  Episcopal Mrs.  Charles  Seem,  A.M.,  Teacher 

Methodist  Episcopal Mr.  George  W.  Finley,  B.S.,  Teacher 

Roman  Catholic Father  Andrew  B.  Casey,  Teacher 

Presbyterian Rev.  J.  W.  Finley,  A.B.,  Teacher 

United  Presbyterian Mrs.  H.  M.  Bull,  Teacher 

Unitarian Rev.  John  C.  Mitchell,  B.D.,  Teacher 


The  directions  belo  ar  the  regulations  sent  out  to  the  teach- 
ers to  govern  the  work  of  the  year: 

Course  of  Study. — Theme  of  the  year’s  work:  “The  Old 
Testament.”  Text-books  suggested:  Chamberlain,  “The  He- 
brew Prophets”;  or  Chamberlain,  “Introduction  to  the  Bible  for 
Teachers  of  Children.”  The  Catholic  Clas  wil  use  the  Catholic 
Encyclopedia;  and  Pope,  “Introduction  to  the  Study  of  the  Old 
Testament.”  Other  text-books  acceptable  to  the  committee  in 
point  of  scolarship  may  be  arranged  for,  but  the  course  of  study 
for  credit  must  be  as  outlined  in  this  circular.  In  addition  to  the 
main  text,  it  is  expected  that  some  supplementary  text  on  Bible 
History  wil  be  used,  such  as  Cornill,  “History  of  Israel,”  one  vol. ; 
or  Kent,  “History  of  the  Hebrew  People,”  three  vols.;  or  some 
other  modern  standard  text-book  representing  the  results  of  the 
best  recent  scholarship.  Every  student  wil  be  required  to  read 
selected  portions  of  the  Old  Testament,  which  illustrate  the  de- 
velopment of  Hebrew  life  and  faith. 

Supplementary  Material:  The  College  library  contains  the 
folloing  books,  among  others,  which  ar  available  for  supplemen- 


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tary  reading  on  the  course:  Hastings,  Encyclopedia  of  Religion 
and  Ethics;  Hastings,  Dictionary  of  the  Bible;  The  Jewish  Ency- 
clopedia; The  Catholic  Encyclopedia;  The  Encyclopedia  Brit- 
annica;  Moulton,  Modern  Reader’s  Bible;  Smith,  G.  A.,  History 
and  Geografy  of  the  Holy  Land;  Wallis,  Sociological  Study  of 
the  Bible;  Mitchell,  Ethics  of  the  Old  Testament;  Dewey  and 
Tufts,  Ethics,  ch.  6,  The  Hebrew  Moral  Development;  Abbott, 
Life  and  Literature  of  the  Old  Testament;  Moulton,  Literary 
Study  of  the  Bible;  Vernon,  Relativ  Value  of  the  Old  Testament; 
Kent,  Origin  and  Permanent  Value  of  the  Old  Testament;  Kent, 
History  of  the  Bible;  Cornill,  The  Prophets  of  Israel. 

Credits. — Four  hours  credit  (the  equivalent  of  one  clas  recit- 
ing four  times  a week  for  one  term)  ar  allowed  for  three  terms 
of  work.  This  credit  may  be  ernd  in  addition  to  the  regular 
twenty  hours  each  term.  Bible  Study  credit  wil  be  recorded  on 
the  books  of  the  College  only  upon  completion  of  the  work  of  the 
year,  and  must  be  the  practical  equivalent  hour  for  hour  of  resi- 
dent work  done  at  the  College. 

Requirements  for  the  Erning  of  Credit. — 1.  Reading  of  the 
Scripture  assignments.  2.  Satisfactory  study  of  text-books  and 
reference  material.  3.  Presentation  at  the  close  of  each  term 
of  a note-book  on  lessons  and  requird  reading.  4.  Preparation 
every  term  of  a short  essay  on  some  vital  topic  of  the  course 
suggested  or  previously  approved  by  the  teacher.  5.  Thirty 
lessons  of  approximately  forty-five  minutes  each,  with  certified 
attendance  of  twenty-eight  as  a minimum. 

Regulations. — 1.  Term  reports  of  the  grade  of  work  done  by 
every  student  enrolld  for  credit  must  be  presented  to  the  Direc- 
tor. This  report  shall  include  also  the  filing  with  the  Director 
of  the  teacher’s  certificate  of  attendance  and  the  requird  note- 
books and  essays  graded  by  the  teacher  that  they  may  be  subject 
to  the  inspection  of  the  committee  and  final  approval  by  the 
Director. 

2.  Essays  and  note-books  should  be  filed  with  the  Director 
not  later  than  the  opening  of  the  term  immediately  folloing  that 
in  which  the  work  was  done,  except  in  the  spring  term,  when  they 
must  be  put  on  file  not  later  than  two  weeks  before  the  close  of 
that  term.  Keep  loose-leaf  note-books. 


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3.  Once  every  term  at  the  call  of  the  Director  there  shall 
be  a meeting  of  all  the  teachers  of  the  Bible  classes  for  consul- 
tation with  one  another  and  with  the  committee  in  charge  of 
the  work. 

4.  Clas  lists  of  all  students  enrolld  for  credit  must  be  filed 
with  the  Director  upon  his  request  erly  in  each  term. 

Recommendations. — The  committee  recommends  that  every 
clas  elect  a President  and  Secretary  and  such  committees  as  may 
be  helpful  in  making  the  work  of  the  Bible  classes  most  efficient 
from  every  point  of  view.  The  Presidents  of  the  classes  besides 
performing  the  customary  duties  of  their  offis  may  serve  as  the 
official  media  between  their  classes  and  the  Director  in  many 
matters  of  necessary  routine. 

Privileges. — College  students  may  enroll  for  credit  in  these 
classes  without  payment  of  any  additional  fee.  The  classes  ar 
all  open  alike  on  a non-credit  basis  either  to  students  of  the 
college  or  patrons  of  the  various  churches  without  payment  of  a 
fee.  Members  of  these  classes  not  enrolld  at  the  college  who 
may  desire  credit  for  their  work  should  make  arrangement  for 
the  same  with  Dean  Hays  in  advance,  or  not  later  than  the  end 
of  the  first  term  of  work. 


The  Course  of  Study 

FIRST  YEAR 

The  Old  Testament: 

The  History  of  the  Hebrew  people. 

The  growth  of  the  Hebrew  religius  ideas  and  ideals, 
traced  thru  Hebrew  legends,  stories,  history,  and 
finally  in  the  sayings  of  the  prophets. 

SECOND  YEAR 

The  Life  of  Christ: 

The  events  in  the  life  of  Jesus. 

How,  when,  and  where  Jesus  lived. 

How  Jesus  worked  and  what  he  taught. 

The  extended  influence  of  the  teachings  and  examples 
of  Jesus. 


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THIRD  YEAR 

A detaild  study  of  some  faze  of  the  Old  or  New  Testament, 
such  as  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  and  a study  of  methods  of  teach- 
ing applicable  to  religius  education. 

FOURTH  YEAR 

A detaild  study  of  some  book  or  group  of  books  of  the  Old 
or  New  Testament  not  previously  coverd  in  the  third  year. 
Teaching  methods. 

NOTE. — It  wil  be  observd  that  it  is  the  purpose  of  the  work 
of  the  first  two  years  to  acquaint  the  students  with  the  contents 
of  the  Bible.  No  detaild  study  of  a particular  section  of  it,  such 
as  is  attempted  in  the  third  and  fourth  years,  can  be  very  suc- 
cessful unles  the  student  has  alredy  a larger  stock  of  Biblical 
information  than  the  average  beginner  possesses.  After  the 
foundation  is  laid  in  the  first  two  years,  the  student  is  redy  for 
a more  careful  study  of  any  faze  of  the  literature  or  history  of 
the  Bible  that  the  third  or  fourth  year  groups  may  take  up. 


The  Plan  Adapted  to  High  Scools 

A committee  composed  of  members  of  the  Colorado  State 
Sunday  Scool  Association  and  the  State  Teachers’  Association 
has  made  an  adaptation  of  this  plan  to  meet  the  needs  of  high 
scools.  This  plan  to  giv  high  scool  credit  for  Bible  study  done 
in  the  Sunday  scools  of  the  varius  towns  and  cities  was  taken 
up  by  a number  of  the  high  scools  last  September  (1914).  The 
folloing  extracts  from  the  Teachers’  Handbook  of  the  Colorado 
Plan  of  Bible  Study  for  Colleges  and  High  Scools,  and  a Bible 
Study  Syllabus  for  the  High  Scool  Students,  wil  explain  this 
extension  of  “The  Greeley  Plan.”  A large  part  of  the  labor  of 
preparing  this  course  of  study  for  high  scools  and  securing  its 
adoption  in  Colorado  has  fallen  to  the  Reverend  Dr.  W.  A. 
Phillips,  President  of  Westminster  College,  Denver,  Colorado. 

The  plan  provides  that  there  shal  be  a four  years’  electiv 
course  of  Bible  study  for  high  scool  students,  which  shal  be 
adapted  to  the  unfolding  life  of  the  pupils,  and  correlated  with 
the  Curriculum  of  the  high  scools.  These  courses  of  study  ar 


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to  be  given  by  the  respectiv  churches,  Hebrew,  Catholic  and 
Protestant  alike,  at  the  Sunday  scool  hour  if  possible,  under  the 
instruction  of  qualified  teachers.  The  pupils  successfully  com- 
pleting the  course  of  study  shal  receiv  academic  credit  for  work 
done. 

Within  the  Law. — The  plan  is  clearly  within  the  law.  No 
state  or  public  scool  bilding  is  used  for  religius  instruction.  No 
state  funds  ar  used.  No  religius  instruction  is  given  by  public 
scool  teachers  during  scool  hours.  The  work  is  conducted  in  the 
respectiv  churches  during  Sunday  scool  hours  under  competent 
teachers  and  is  recognized  for  credit  by  the  high  scools  of  the 
state.  Bach  denomination,  each  sect,  is  therefore  privileged  to 
impart  instruction  to  its  own  children  and  according  to  its  own 
canons  of  interpretation. 

The  Plan  in  Detail. — This  plan  necessitates  the  standardiza- 
tion of  our  Sunday  scools.  If  the  pupils  ar  to  receiv  academic 
credit  for  work  done  in  the  Sunday  scools,  these  scools  must  con- 
form to  academic  standards  of  education.  The  standards  of  the 
North  Central  Association  of  colleges  and  secondary  scools  hav 
been  accepted  by  educators  and  Sunday  scool  workers  of  Colo- 
rado as  the  only  adequate  standard  of  efficiency  for  the  Sunday 
scool. 

Requirements  for  Teachers. — The  teachers  of  these  high 
scool  Bible  study  classes  shal  conform  to  the  recognized  stan- 
dard, namely:  “The  minimum  scolastic  attainment  of  high 
scool  teachers  shal  be  equivalent  to  graduation  from  a college 
belonging  to  the  North  Central  Association  of  colleges  and 
secondary  scools,  including  special  training  in  the  subjects  they 
teach.” 

Requirements  for  the  State  Sunday  Scool  Association. — The 

State  Sunday  Scool  Association  should  maintain  and  conduct  an- 
nually graded  training  scools  for  Sunday  scool  teachers,  in  order 
that  the  teachers  of  these  high  scool  classes  may  be  given  special 
training  in  the  subjects  they  ar  to  teach.  Alredy  thru  the  keen 
foresight  and  wise  provision  of  former  General  Secretary,  Rev. 
John  C.  Carman,  such  scools  hav  been  organized  thruout  the 
state.  The  response  to  this  program  for  Religius  Education  was 


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evidenced  in  the  fact  that  last  year  over  seven  hundred  men  and 
women  were  enlisted  in  these  graded  training  scools. 

Requirements  for  Pupils. — Pupils  desiring  to  do  work  in 
these  Bible  study  classes  should  be  eligible  to  membership  in  an 
accredited  high  scool,  and  should  expect  to  conform  to  all  high 
scool  requirements  concerning  attendance,  deportment,  general 
attitude  and  caracter  of  work  done. 

Requirements  for  Sunday  Scools. — Church  scools  should  pro- 
vide the  clas  with  a separate  room,  freedom  from  interruption  for 
at  least  forty-five  minutes,  desks  or  table  room  sufficient  for  each 
pupil  to  work  conveniently,  a black-board,  maps  of  the  ancient 
world,  Palestine  and  the  Roman  Empire  at  the  time  of  Christ,  a 
Bible  dictionary,  and  such  reference  works  as  those  suggested  by 
the  committees  on  Bible  study  and  recommended  by  the  church 
authorities.  A studius  atmosphere  must  be  maintained  thruout 
the  forty-five  minutes. 

Requirements  for  Credit. — (a)  The  unit  of  credit  shal  be 
that  prescribed  in  the  standards  of  the  North  Central  Associa- 
tion, to  wit:  forty  recitations  of  forty-five  minutes  each  in  the 
clear,  each  year  for  a period  of  four  years.  There  should  be  a 
minimum  of  one  hour  of  study  on  each  assignd  lesson.  Frac- 
tional credits  may  be  allowd  on  the  same  basis. 

(b)  In  estimating  the  work  done  by  the  pupil  the  recitations 
and  either  note-book  or  thesis  work,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
teacher,  shal  count  one-half  and  the  examination  or  thesis  re- 
quird  by  the  state  examiner  shal  count  one-half.  The  passing 
mark  shal  be  the  same  as  in  the  local  high  scool. 

Requirements  for  State  Examinations. — (a)  The  committees 
on  Bible  study  for  high  scools  from  the  State  Teachers’  Associa- 
tion and  the  State  Sunday  Scool  Association  shal  constitute  the 
State  Committee  of  Examiners. 

This  committee  shal  hav  general  charge  of  all  Bible  study 
work  done  for  academic  credit  in  the  Sunday  scools  and  churches 
of  the  state;  prescribe  all  necessary  rules  relating  to  study,  reci- 
tation, note-books,  thesis,  and  written  examinations;  prepare 
questions  (if  found  helpful)  for  the  use  of  teachers  in  the 
examinations;  and  grade  all  papers,  appointing  such  help  as  may 
be  needed. 


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Each  paper  or  note-book  submitted  for  credit  shal  be  accom- 
panied by  a fee  of  twenty-five  cents  paid  by  the  corresponding 
Sunday  scool,  and  by  a ritten  endorsement  of  the  riter  from  the 
teacher  in  charge,  or  from  the  superintendent  or  pastor.  All 
papers,  note-books,  and  teachers’  endorsements,  shal  be  sub- 
mitted anonymously  to  the  examiners;  that  is,  the  names,  ad- 
dresses, and  church  connections  of  the  riters  must  either  be 
erased  or  effectivly  coverd,  each  paper  being  then  known  by 
number  only. 

(b)  In  any  case  of  uncertainty  or  dissatisfaction,  appeal 
may  be  taken  to  the  Committee  of  Examiners  who  shal  decide 
any  question  at  issue  according  to  the  customary  requirements  of 
the  local  high  scool. 

Courses  of  Study. — There  shal  be  courses  of  Bible  study  pre- 
pared by  the  joint  committees  from  the  State  Teachers’  Associa- 
tion and  the  State  Sunday  Scool  Association,  embracing  histori- 
cal, biografical,  social  and  literary  studies  of  the  Bible  on  a basis 
sufficiently  liberal  to  meet  the  approval  of  the  varius  religius 
faiths  interested  in  such  courses  of  Bible  study,  great  care  being 
taken  to  avoid  interpretativ  features. 

The  folloing  courses  of  Bible  study  hav  been  proposed  by 
the  joint  committee: 


COURSE  I. 

Heroes  and  Leaders  of  Israel. 


COURSE  II. 

1st  Semester.  The  Friends  and  Folloers  of  Jesus. 
2nd  Semester.  Jesus. 


COURSE  III. 

1st  Semester.  Bible  History. 

2nd  Semester.  Biblical  Literature. 


COURSE  IV. 

Social  Institutions,  or  a course  on  the  Fundamental  Christian 
Doctrines  of  the  Bible,  and  Social  Application  of  Bible  Teachings. 


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The  details  of  the  courses,  methods  of  teaching,  aims  of  the 
study,  etc.,  may  be  had  by  addressing  The  State  Sunday  Scool 
Association  of  Colorado,  312  Seventeenth  Street,  Denver,  Colo- 
rado. 


Conclusion 

In  the  foregoing  pages  an  attempt  has  been  made  to  set 
forth  the  principles  and  working  details  of  the  “Greeley  Plan  of 
Bible  Study  for  College  Credit,”  and  of  its  adaptation  to  the  use 
of  public  high  scools  of  the  state  of  Colorado.  Correspondence 
is  invited  concerning  any  matter  which  the  bulletin  has  not 
made  clear. 

Address 

THE  STATE  TEACHERS  COLLEGE, 

Greeley,  Colorado. 


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The  State  Teachers  College 

Greeley,  Colorado 


ZACHARIAH  ZENOPHON  SNYDER,  PH.  D. 

PRESIDENT 


Students  May  Take  Work 

In  residence. 

By  individual  correspondence. 

In  non-resident  groups. 

Colleges 

Junior  College,  two  years. 

Senior  College,  two  years,  the  A.B.  Degree. 
Graduate  College,  the  A.M.  Degree. 


